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Site has been unranked by Google, how to get rid of spammy links

by rennuz
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My site was on page 1 in position 4 to 8 for my search terms then the front page dropped altogether and then other pages have now all dropped off as well. It happened about a week ago to the front page and as of yesterday all the other pages have dropped.

Its obviously a penguin update that hit me, my SEO techniques are as follows, creating good and original content, 3/4 blogs a week and updating most page when possible. Many of the blogs were searched frequently. Facebook page, regular twitter feeds etc.

Then I have done quite a few fiverr gigs and got myself links from other sites, I now have around 500 links to the homepage many are'nt great, spammy really. And my keyword is quite high for the front page, I remember someone telling me its 80% for the keyword (80% of what I cant remember).

OK I hold my hands up the links were a bit sneaky but we have all done it and I have just done it overkill. So what next my theory is as follows, get rid of the links, I just dont think that is going to happen as many of the people who did the links for me on fiverr said they cant delete the links, a few can so I may drop those links to 400 if lucky. Then keep up with the content and the blogs etc. And lastly email google and tell them to discount the links as say they are spam, last resort as I am hoping google dance may have busted a move on my site and it may go back up, doubt it though.

Also if I want to kill my competition I get them lots of spammy links from Fiverr, this shouldnt be the way to play the game as I wouldnt do that but I can think people quote easily could.
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  • Profile picture of the author seoace
    Not worth the time to get rid of your links. Just build quality links over that would cover up the quality:spammy links ratio & add more content to your site.

    1. Skip fiverr gigs. Its not worth the risk. You may rank well for 1 month with fiverr gigs but sooner or later your rankings will drop off.

    2. Diversify your anchor texts. Don't only backlink with your targeted anchor text. What I do is 50% anchor text, 50% LSI of the anchor text, 20% url, 10% generic terms.

    3. Depending on your competiton's backlink portfolio, the effectiveness of doing negative seo on a well-optimized site is low.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dragontech
    Instead of trying to remove all those links, a faster way would be to non-index your content and move them and start over again with an aged domain
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  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    Sounds like it's 'Game Over' and you have to try again.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mantasmo
      Originally Posted by mosthost View Post

      Sounds like it's 'Game Over' and you have to try again.
      Either ^this or buy an aged domain, move your site over and do a 301 redirect. Worked 3 times for me now, no penalties - been over a month, survived the last Penguin update as well.
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      • Profile picture of the author rennuz
        Originally Posted by bnetwork View Post

        Either ^this or buy an aged domain, move your site over and do a 301 redirect. Worked 3 times for me now, no penalties - been over a month, survived the last Penguin update as well.
        301 direct, interesting. Will do a search on that to get a bit more info but a quick question, I get a new domain name is that right and then get all traffic to go to the new address? I cant keep the old site name etc can I?
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  • Profile picture of the author rennuz
    Thanks SEOACE, I will diversify the anchor text. I am thinking these are small steps that may take a while but am hoping that once I have done them, then I can go back to google and ask them to ignore the spammy links. Has anyone tried the webiste removeem dot com they charge $499 to remove links, although would this even be guaranteed to work, some of my links arent that bad.

    Giving up does seem a bit drastic, I do have a few sites in the background I could use to take over but surely there is a better way.

    So people dont think Google dance has hit me, if I wait a week or so could I be lucky and see it indexed again?
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  • Profile picture of the author alexjer12
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    Yes you can try 301 redirect.After one month,you site will drop
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    • Profile picture of the author Mantasmo
      Originally Posted by rennuz View Post

      301 direct, interesting. Will do a search on that to get a bit more info but a quick question, I get a new domain name is that right and then get all traffic to go to the new address? I cant keep the old site name etc can I?
      Yea you need a new domain name for this.

      Originally Posted by alexjer12 View Post

      Yes you can try 301 redirect.After one month,you site will drop
      I know that's what many people say, but this specific penalty seems to leave Penguinised sites alone (after a 301). I've done it 3 times now - 90% recovery to pre-penalty rankings. I believe that using an aged domain for this may be one of the reasons, though that's just a guess.

      Also, most penalties carry over within a week or two, not a month. Not sure where you got that bit from.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jolware
      Originally Posted by Inttellect View Post

      You no need to take any action to get rid of SPAMMY links. If you site been penalized for crappy links, then google already killed those link values and deindexed those backlinks from google.
      I don't agree with that.
      Google seems, with Penguin update and the debate around the "effectiveness" of negative seo, to punish sites with such spammy links.
      If it was only a question deindexation of such links, it would be enjoyable...
      This type of links would have no value (then, not any impact on rankings) instead of negative value. But it's not the case.
      And the consequences are NOT AT ALL the same in both cases!!
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      • Profile picture of the author scottmacair
        Sorry to hear about your loss. Your link building strategy is exactly what Penguin is designed to filter. In my opinion i'd start again and try to develop a more long term link building strategy, preferably one that is founded on great content and social interaction.

        Using Fiverr for link building is just a bad idea. Links need to be quality and quality SEO is rarely found on Fiverr.
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  • Profile picture of the author rennuz
    OK, if its not the spammy links then I am at a loss as to why the site is not indexed on google. I know the links I did get for keywords were a bit unnatural as I said 80% of the links had the keyword in them.

    Should I just do what I was always doing, apart from the spammy links and try get better links and focus on the content. I am quite proud of the content as I write it along with a colleague and its all original stuff and is very useful info.

    I suppose if in a few weeks its not recovered then I should worry, is it worth asking google to do something in the webmaster tools, is there anyone who can do an analysis of my site and give me a decent work of what can be done. I am not an SEO man and not yet taken the plunge to spend any money on hiring one yet, perhaps I should...who do people recommend?
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  • Profile picture of the author TrafficFlow
    Unless you received a warning about unnatural links from Google Google advises that u should not submit a reconsideration request.
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    • Profile picture of the author bigphilis
      Update. I'm Rennuz business partner on the site. It turned out to be the Bad Behaviour wordpress plugin that was blocking google from our site returning error code 403. It slowly took down over 70 pages over 2 weeks. We found it in Google Analytics. We removed the plugin and within 2 days are back on the first page for our main keywords.

      The Bad Behaviour plugin is designed to stop spam and did so effectively for a few months but was surprised to find out it could damage our site this much. Stay clear of it.

      I guess it's been a warning as to the panic which could set in with an actual Penguin penalty....More sensible SEO from here on in me thinks
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